Milk-boiler.



EIBENKA.

MILK BOILER. APPLICATION man MAR.23,1914. RENEWED MAR. a. 1915.

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- application and in UNITED s AT Y Application fiIe'dMarch 23, 1914,

To all wizom'it may concern: 1

Be itknown thatI, ELEKVBENKA, a sub ject of the. Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at Woodlan in they county.of WVashington andcstateof .Maine, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Milk-Boilers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements-in milk boilers. The primary object of this invention is to provide a boiling apparatus for milk adapted to prevent themilk from boilingover and at the same time affording a locked funnel top for the boiler.

A further object is to provide a sliding spring latch upon the handle of a boiler and whereby the cover thereof may be readily locked and unlocked from the boiler upon a manual shifting of the latch.

A still further object is to provide a boiler having a lockable cover and adapted for being filled when the cover is in its closing position, and at which time a boiling over of the milk is prevented-by a return tube mechanism. I

With these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel combination and arrange ment of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several viewsz-Figure 1 is a central vertical transverse sectional view taken through the device. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the handle portion thereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the locking latch detached, and, Fig. 1 is a detail view of the upper portion of the boiling tube.

eferring more in detail to the drawings, the boiler 10 is illustrated with a frustoconical cover 11 having a flaring funnelshaped upper extension 12 and whereby the boiler is adapted to be filled with the cover in place thereupon.

The handle 13 which is secured exteriorly of the boiler wall is provided with a sliding wire latch 11 slidably-mounted in the perforations 15 in the upper and lower portions of the handle, the upper loop 16 of said latch having its opposite sides slidablymounted in separate ones of the perfora- Specification of Letters Patent, Serial No. 826,683: Renewed March top of" the Ara PatentedAug. 3, 1915,. a, 1215. Serial No. 12,917.

tions 15wl1ilethe lower member 17 thereof is positioned through the single lower perforation 15 and 19.,of the latch being furnished as a handle therefor to be gra'spedby the fingers of the operator in shifting the latch.

A tube 20 having seated within! the boiler and upon the bottom thereof and provided with base perform tions 22. Projecting lugs 23 tube are adapted to receive the annular shoulder 24 of the cover seated thereon and with the upper end of the tube pro ecting outwardly within the funnel 12.

From this detailed description, the entire operation of the device will be at once apparent in that with the tube seated upon its base within the boiler and having its upper end projecting within the funnel, any boiling of the milk will cause the same to rise upwardly in the tube 20 and empty nto the funnel 12 to take a downward course in its return to the boiler, and thus prevent the milk from boiling over the rim or edge of the cover funnel. The latch being grasped by the abutment 19 is forced downwardly slidably upon the handle 13 until its curved resilient looped portion 16 engages the pro ecting rim 25 of the cover and against which it is firmly and resiliently seated, thus forcing the opposite portions of the cover into firm locking engagement with the top edge of the boiler. An upward movement of the latch releases the engagement of said looped portion of the rim 25 and thereby permits a removal of the cover from the boiler, it being noted that the locking of the latch firmly seats the rim 25 at all points upon the top edge of the boiler.

While the forms of the invention herein shown and described are what are believed described comprevented from being withdrawn therethrough upon a vertical: shifting:

adj acent-to the mounted in said perforations, a cover mounted upon said boiler and having an outwardly projecting rim, said latch adapted for resilient engagement with said rim when said latch is in its lowered position to seat said rim upon the top edge of the boiler.

'3. In a vessel, a handle therefor, said (topics of this patentmay' "be cbtained for five cents eaclnloy addressingthe I Washington, D. C.

having a strap handle proa the looped end portion of handle having perforations in its upper and lower walls, a cover for said vessel having a laterally projecting flange, and a latch vertically slidable in said handle perforations and adapted for engaging with the cover flange.

4. In a vessel, a handle therefor, a cover for said vessel having a laterally projecting flange, overlying the upper edge of said vessel, a wire end with said cover flange, said its upper wire'ibeing angularly bent intermediate itsends to provide an operating hand grip.

In testimonywhereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I ELEK BENKA.

' Witnesses: 1

JOHN S. ToPoLosKY, FRED L. LYDIC.

Commissioner of Patents,

latch member vertically slidablein said handle and adaptedfor engaging at 

